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In regards to roughriders, were those the only reasons they gave? Roughriders seems to be fading. Which could be terrible if stars is out. The remaining names are terrible. How the hell did sundogs make it to the final 5?

Sad day, looks like a lot of current and former players are noting their displeasure with this decision. Dillon Simpson's tweets are pretty intense and caggulias seemed pretty intense too.

Not the least bit, have you read the remaining names. Are we really going to be the Fighting Hawks? We go from a great name to a vanilla name. I guess the logo could be neat. But that's it. How many colleges have some form of hawks as their nickname. I thought uniqueness was a requirement?

We'll fill gerlach's spot. He is slick but he isn't high end. Somewhat shocked though, he doesn't project to be a first rounder or anything. His parents are probably pushing his "development". Some chl scouts filled their heads with bs. Hopefully this kid has something extra that gets him to the show. Sort of a salty post I know.

Against the ropes, head down, swinging. I like it.

http://www.letsgoleafs.com/2015/07/18/video-bruins-prospect-goes-behind-the-back-for-inc/ #zanegetsposterized

http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20150718/sports/150718967/

He did have a decent amount of points his 18 and 19 year old years. However the comparison with Jost is a little apple and oranges as Jost didn't turn 17 until this past March I believe. There is some skill in the BCHL however it is not a very deep league like the USHL.

Haha I saw you called him out too

JT brought the cup to LOW.

The only reason I threw that out there was the fact variations of the final names were in play. Stars could be considered a variation of north stars. It's obviously very unlikely but many are against north stars.

Thank you.

So...what are you saying?

How about just stars? its a variation of north stars. In my opinion, its a better nickname than roughriders.

Nice point. I believe there is a school in Boston that sounds a lot like BC as well. But your point is valid. It will take some getting used to if RR is chosen.

Dang auto correct, Tyson jost. Seemed as though und is the favorite at this point.

I was listening to tps guys podcast and jost noted that he is definitely leaning towards college and that he "really really liked ND". He did note that Denver is an option too though.

Sucks for our u20 chances but he's ready

That is an option for every top end recruit. My point was that recruits will still go there....they just got one. It was just an example. Wisconsin is not going to disappear from the college hockey landscape. They are simply going to have a few rough years.

Wisconsin is still Wisconsin. They'll be back. But to one of your points, Wisconsin is going to be terrible this year. As I noted previously, Wisco just landed a big time recruit.

I don't think he'll end up there either but those rumors are coming from more than wisconsin fans. Also, Wisconsin just land a huge D recruit 2 days ago.

I guess Matthews is still weighing NCAA as an option. So you're saying there's a chance

http://www.sbncollegehockey.com/2015/7/9/8922059/2016-nhl-draft-nhl-central-scouting-preliminary-players-to-watch

There are always the outliers. Jonny B is consistently brought up as a guy who had lower numbers in the USHL but did well instantly in college. I tend not to focus on the outliers as they are pretty hard to find. On average, if a player does very well in the USHL they should produce at an above average level in college. That's why im curious to see what guys like Simo, JJ, and T. Olson will do after a year or two. These guys were very good USHL players, they just happened to develop a tad later. Wilkie and Gersich may struggle a little in year 1 (maybe not ) but these guys are multi-year players that should be good given time. As I noted earlier, I think Gersich will probably be the best freshman forward in year one given his skating and intensity level, other than Boeser obviously. JJ is another guy I am interested to see.

I actually agree with your point, there will be one of those guys (Boeser, Wilkie, Gersich, JJ) who won't do well with the speed aspect or the physicality of college hockey in year 1. My comment was in regards to Gersich's age. He was a tweener, if he would have came in last year he would have been super young. As he is not a big guy it would a great idea for him to go back to the USHL. The USHL is such a great league that I worry less with players coming from this league as compared to guys coming in from the Candadian Junior A leagues. It depends on the player though. Out of all the players I could see Wilkie struggling the most. His D game is not one of his strengths and that could hold him back a year or two. Gersich on the other hand plays really hard so he could play a bottom 6 role if need be.